shellac /shə-lakˈ or shelˈak/

1. (also shellˈ-lac) lac (qv) in thin plates, obtained by melting seed-lac, straining and dropping, formerly used for making gramophone records
2. An old gramophone record whether or not made of shellac
3. Loosely, lac, the resin, used eg as a spirit varnish

1. To coat with shellac
2. /shə-lakˈ/ to trounce, defeat decisively (N American informal)

shellackˈing noun

• WG
• wha
• whack
• whacked
• whacker
• whackers
• whackier
• whackiest
• whacking
• whackings
• whacko
• whack off
• whackos
• whacks
• whacky
• whaisle
• whaisled
• whaisles
• whaisling
• whaizle
• whaizled
• whaizles
• whaizling
• whale
• whaleback